NAGPUR- Left-arm spinner Abid Mushtaq bowled Jammu & Kashmir to a 39-run win over former champions Vidarbha, returning with an eight-wicket haul in their Ranji Trophy Elite Group D match here on Thursday.
Chasing 141 to win, the home team was shot out for 101, with Mushtaq mowing down Vidarbha’s batting line-up as they collapsed from 40/2 in the 16th over to be all out in 34 overs.
Vidarbha were cruising to victory at 95/3 at tea. However, Abid had other plans as he took 6 wickets in 3 overs to snatch victory for J&K. This was Vidarbha’s first loss at home turf since the 2013/14 Ranji Trophy season.
Earlier, skipper Shubham Khajuria’s 109 (177) lifted J&K to 221 in their second innings, posting a target of 145 for Vidarbha to chase down. Abid Mushtaq also chipped in with 22 runs at the No. 9 position.
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